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Man charged in slipper assault

LOWELL -- A Lowell man is accused of assaulting his girlfriend's 5-year-old son and bruising the boy's face with a dangerous weapon -- a slipper.

In Lowell District Court, Isaac J. Matta, 22, of 82 Agawan St., third floor, pleaded not guilty to assault and battery on a child with injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery.

Judge Lynn Rooney released Matta on personal recognizance with the condition that he not abuse and have no contact with the alleged victim.

Lowell police were contacted by a worker with the state Department of Children and Family Services about the removal of a 5-year-old boy from his mother's custody after allegations of abuse.

DCF alleges that on Nov. 29, the boy disclosed that Matta, his mother's boyfriend, hit him in the face with a slipper, causing bruising. Investigators found several bruises on the boy's right and left side of his face, right shoulder, back and left knee.

While speaking to investigators, the boy's mother allegedly admitted Matta, her live-in boyfriend, hit her son with a slipper a week earlier, causing a bruise on his face.

Bruises on the boy's back, she said, were due to a fall in the bathtub. The boy also had a bruise inside his mouth, which his mother said was caused when Matta put the boy's monkey blanket in his mouth, according to court documents.

The mother told investigators that she asked Matta to leave after he hit her son and pushed her.

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Matta was found hiding on the side of a basement bulkhead door. He was wearing pajama bottoms and no shoes.

In speaking to police, Matta allegedly denied hitting the boy in the face with a slipper nor did he cause any of the bruises on his body. Matta told police the boy has behavioral problems at school, including being suspended after allegedly biting a teacher.

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